Fox News Invites Paul Ryan Onto Its Board
Alex Edelman/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From CNN: Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is joining the board of the newly slimmed-down Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News. Ryan and three other board of directors were appointed on Tuesday….The Ryan appointment is the most noteworthy, given…
Federal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser’s Office in Money Laundering Probe
Stefanie Keenan/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Federal authorities raided the office of Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy last summer, seeking records related to his dealings with foreign officials and Trump administration associates, according to a sealed search warrant obtained by ProPublica. Agents were…
The Pentagon Finally Tells Us Which Projects Will Fund Trump’s Wall. How Did Your State Make Out?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Pentagon has finally told us which construction projects they plan to postpone in order to dig up money for Donald Trump’s wall: The projects on the list run the gamut, including a hangar for drones at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea and a…
The Supreme Court Won’t Hear the Case of an Inmate Sentenced to Death by Racist Juror
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Keith Tharpe, a black Georgia death row inmate, was sentenced to death in 1991 for the kidnapping and murder of his estranged wife’s sister-in-law Jaqueline Freeman. At trial, Barney Gattie, a white juror, sentenced Tharpe to death in part because he…
“Senior US Officials” Hate It When the Public Knows What They Know
Airbus via the Center for Strategic and International Studies Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Please break out your tiny violins for Trump officials who hate the fact that “unofficial” reports of North Korea’s missile activity are showing up in their newspapers: Senior U.S. officials involved in the negotiations with North…
Hooray for the Dot Plot!
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Wall Street Journal reports today that Fed officials are increasingly nervous about the “dot plot” they release periodically. The dot plot shows how each member of the FOMC projects interest rates over the next few years, with one dot for each member. Here’s a…